[ubuntu-za] No PS2 keyboard

[Morgan Collett]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 09:27, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is not really an Ubuntu question but the problem came up when I tried
> to use a live Ubuntu CD.
>
> I have a brand new Mecer PC with a Johannesburger motherboard - no PS2
> ports. It runs like a dream and even manages to make Vista look quite
> speedy. The trouble is that it will not boot off the CD or a flash drive for
> that matter. Obviously the boot sequecnce has the hard drive first. So I
> need to get into BIOS to change the boot sequence. Except I can't change get
> into BIOS because I have a USB keyboard and my frantic pushing of F2 yields
> no result. Perhaps "Legacy USB Support" is not enables. Well, if I could get
> into BIOS, I could enable it ...

Have you tried DEL? F10? F11? F12? Some new PCs I've seen have one of
those set to specifically change the order of boot devices without
going into the BIOS setup, but I can't remember which key it was...

A USB keyboard *should* work just fine.

Regards
Morgan